Month: April 2020
Oil Prices Crash Towards $20 Despite 10 Million Bpd Historic Cut
The supply and demand fundamentals are horrifying; demand destruction is huge and real: “Once the…
Majority of Americans Disapprove the Way Trump is Handling the Coronavirus Pandemic: Poll
DESPARDES — The latest IPSOS Poll shows 62pct of Adult Americans (18+) say things in…
‘It’s Time To Put A Military Officer In Charge Of Fight Against Coronavirus in US’
“A more centralized command structure is needed” DESPARDES — Last week we telegraphed three insights…
Coronavirus Invades Saudi Inner Sanctum: NY Times
Cases in the Kingdom could reach 200,000: Minister DESPARDES — A senior Saudi prince who…
These Humans Are Beating Isolation, and in Awesome Ways
IRSHAD SALIM — A seven-year-old Greek piano prodigy has reportedly penned an ‘isolation waltz’. Inspired…
Taliban to End Talks With Afghan Government After ‘Fruitless’ Meetings
“It is expected that there will be crests and troughs along the way. US role…
Saudi Arabia Clamps 24-Hr Curfew Over Fears of Coronavirus Spread
Authorities have provided free groceries to neighborhoods that were under curfew for 24 hour says…
Black Americans More Vulnerable to Coronavirus, Racial Data Show
In Milwaukee, black Americans make up 26 percent of the county, but a maddening 81…
In Pictures: Social Distancing Around the World
DESPARDES — It’s estimated that about a third of the world’s population is under lockdown…
KISSINGER: Pandemic Alters World Order; GORBACHEV: Time to Revise Entire Global Agenda
DESPARDES — Sweeping changes — political measures that once seemed politically untenable — have suddenly…
Decoding Imran Khan’s Stimulus Pkg for Construction
IRSHAD SALIM — I tend to weigh on the stimulus package for unleashing construction as…
Monkeys and Apes Chain Smoking, Animals Reclaiming Human Spaces –As Panic Grips Planet
DESPARDES — Stressed-out primates have taken to chain smoking cigarettes as the coronavirus crisis rages…